"Big Kid, Steve Jobs died yesterday, you know, the founder of Apple? A lot of people are really sad and it is all over the news and internet because he was a genius and even more importantly, a super hard worker."
"Mom! Mom! I KNOWS him! I know 'at guy!!," little kid said excitedly from the back seat.
"You know Steve Jobs?" I asked.
"He's Johnny Appleseed! He planted da apples all over da lands. He work-ed really hard so ebrybody could have apples and now he is dead! I know all about Johnny Appleseed!!"
"Ha! He's not the Johnny Appleseed you're thinking of, he's the guy who invented iPads and stuff. He's the reason people like us have computers in their homes--they were big and expensive before."
"Oh, well, Johnny Appleseed died too and people were very sad and it was on the news, probably."
"Yes, him too."
"I'm sad for them both now, both apple guys. I really like apples."
"Me too."
Rest in peace, the other Johnny Appleseed, and thanks for planting Apples all over the lands.
4 comments:
That is a pretty terrific comparison.
Great post:) I agree with Jennifer...terrific comparison.
You should google his commencement address to Stanford in 2005. It's on YouTube. SOOO inspiring - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
I made my kids listen. I do not want to be the person who puts the shackles on their minds.
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Kerry
Aw, great post :)
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